PARIS (AFP) ― The voice of Marilyn Monroe will feature in a new television ad for Chanel No. 5 after previously unheard audio was unearthed of the screen siren confirming she wore only the iconic perfume to bed.The recording, from an interview given to Marie Claire journalist Georges Belmont in 1960, was discovered by Chanel last year and will be used in a global campaign rolling out this month.“You know, they ask you questions. Well just an example, ‘What do you wear to bed? Do you wear a pyjam

Girls’ Generation (SNSD) turned some heads on Monday as the K-pop starlets prevailed over the likes of Psy, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, One Direction and others to walk away with the “Video of the Year” award for the hit music video “I Got a Boy” at this year’s inaugural YouTube Music Awards ceremony. “Oh my gosh, thank you so much,” said SNSD member Tiffany, who was present at the live awards ceremony at Pier 36 in New York and accepted the award on the group’s behalf. “This is beaut

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Some of the finest masterpieces of 20th century art are the highlights of New York’s November auction season, poised to set new sales records in a flourishing market.The sum total of impressionist, modern, post-war and contemporary art being offered by Christie’s and Sotheby’s is expected to fetch more than $1.5 billion at combined evening and day sales from Nov. 4 to 13.Both auction houses are chasing world records for a string of artists, riding high on an explosion in art sal

BERLIN (AFP) ― Nearly 1,500 priceless paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse that were stolen by the Nazis have been discovered in a flat in Munich, a news report said Sunday.The German weekly Focus said police came upon the paintings during a 2011 search in an apartment belonging to the octogenarian son of art collector Hildebrand Gurlitt, who had bought them during the 1930s and 1940s.The search was carried out because the son, Cornelius Gurlitt, was under suspicion for tax evasion,

NEW YORK (AFP) ― YouTube’s first-ever music awards thrilled and spilled Sunday, with Eminem named Artist of the Year though most awards went to lesser known acts during a show filled with eclectic stunts.The webcast was kicked off by indie rockers Arcade Fire performing their new song “Afterlife” in a “live video” performance featuring a chorus of young girl singers in Pier 36, a sprawling indoor events space in New York. Up next was a crying Lady Gaga, minus her trademark peroxide blonde hair a